REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 3 
Jeffries, General Electric Co.; Dr. Walter S. Adams, Mount Wilson 
Observatory; Dr. F. R. Reichelderfer, United States Weather Bureau; 
and Dr. A. V. Kidder, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dr. Rob- 
bins, chairman, stated that this-committee would do its best to present 
an acceptable program for the future of the Institution, and announced 
that the first meeting would be held on January 30, 1946, in the 
Smithsonian Building. 
The Secretary presented his annual report covering the activities 
of the parent institution and of its several branches, including the 
financial report of the executive committee, for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1945, which was accepted by the Board. The usual resolu- 
tion authorizing the expenditure by the Secretary of the income of the 
Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, was adopted by 
the Board. 
The annual report of the Smithsonian Art Commission was pre- 
sented by the Secretary and accepted by the Board. The Commis- 
sion, at its meeting on December 4, 1945, accepted several works of art. 
A resolution was adopted to reelect the following members for 4-year 
terms: John Nicholas Brown, Mahonri M. Young, George Hewitt 
Myers, and Robert Woods Bliss. Vacancies on the Commission were 
caused by the death of Herbert Adams and the resignation of Edward 
W. Redfield. The names of John Taylor Arms and Eugene E. 
Speicher, recommended by the Commission, were approved by the 
Board to fill the above vacancies. Paul Manship was reelected chair- 
man, and Dr. Wetmore was reelected Secretary. 
Tentative plans were presented by the Secretary for the Centennial 
celebration to be held during August 1946. 
The matter of the Secretary’s salary and pension was referred to 
the executive committee with power to act. 
The Secretary reported that Mrs. Charleyne Whitney Gellatly, 
widow of John Gellatly, had brought proceedings before the Court 
of Claims through a bill in Congress, demanding restitution or pay- 
ment for certain objects in the Gellatly art collection. The Smith- 
sonian Institution is defended in this proceeding by the Depart- 
ment of Justice, through Grover Sherrod, and has, in addition, the 
valuable assistance of Huntington Cairns, General Counsel for the 
National Gallery of Art. Hearing on the case was set for February 
12, 1946. 
By the terms of the will of Dr. AleS’ Hrdli¢ka, deceased member of 
the staff, a sum of money was bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion for the benefit of educational establishments in Dr. Hrdliéka’s 
native town of Humpolec, Bohemia. Acceptance of this trust fund 
was approved by the Board. A further bequest in the Hrdlitka will, 
